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RingCentral Events

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$99 per organizer per month
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User industry
  1. Energy and utilities
  2. Retail and wholesale
  3. Arts, entertainment, and recreation

What is RingCentral Events

RingCentral Events is a virtual and hybrid event platform used to run webinars, multi-session conferences, and online community events with registration, streaming, and attendee engagement features. It targets marketing, events, and communications teams that need to produce branded events and track attendance and engagement. The product combines event production tools (stage/session management) with attendee interaction (chat, Q&A, polls) and sponsor/expo-style components for larger events. It is offered by RingCentral and is positioned to integrate with broader business communications and meeting workflows.

pros

Webinars and multi-session events

The platform supports both webinar-style broadcasts and multi-track virtual events with multiple sessions. Organizers can manage agendas, speakers, and session access within a single event experience. This makes it suitable for recurring webinars as well as larger virtual conferences. It reduces the need to stitch together separate tools for streaming and session scheduling.

Built-in engagement features

RingCentral Events includes common attendee interaction tools such as chat, Q&A, and polling. These features help organizers run moderated sessions and collect feedback during live programming. Engagement data can be used to evaluate session performance and attendee participation. This aligns with typical requirements for marketing and community events.

Registration and attendee management

The product provides event registration flows and attendee access management for virtual events. Organizers can track registrations and attendance and manage communications related to event access. This supports standard event operations without requiring a separate ticketing system for many webinar and conference use cases. It is particularly relevant for teams running frequent virtual events.

cons

Less focus on in-person logistics

Compared with platforms centered on onsite operations, RingCentral Events is primarily oriented around virtual and hybrid delivery. Organizations that need detailed venue logistics, badge printing, onsite check-in hardware workflows, or complex floor-plan management may require additional tools. This can increase operational complexity for large in-person conferences. Fit depends on how much of the event experience is onsite versus online.

Networking depth varies by format

While the platform supports attendee interaction, the depth of structured networking and matchmaking can be less comprehensive than tools built primarily for 1:1 meeting programs. Events that rely heavily on appointment scheduling, advanced matchmaking rules, or exhibitor lead workflows may need careful validation. Some networking expectations differ significantly between webinar audiences and conference audiences. Buyers should confirm the specific networking modules needed for their event type.

Career fair and recruiting specificity

Although it can be used for recruiting events, it is not a dedicated applicant tracking system or end-to-end recruiting suite. Organizations running virtual career fairs may need integrations or additional systems for candidate pipelines, interview scheduling, and compliance workflows. Reporting and data models may be optimized for event engagement rather than recruiting outcomes. This can limit suitability for teams seeking a recruiting-first platform.

Plan & Pricing

Current user-based (pay-per-organizer) plans (official RingCentral pages)

Plan Price Key features & notes
Events Pro $99 per organizer/month (when billed annually) or $119 per organizer/month (month-to-month) Core event features to host unlimited virtual events and webinars; included as an add-on or standalone product under RingCentral AI Meetings / Webinars & Events. Source: RingCentral AI Meetings product page.
Events Pro+ Custom pricing — contact sales Adds onsite/hybrid features, access to 40+ App Store integrations, Single Sign-On (SSO), and a dedicated account manager/CSM. Integrations and SSO are explicitly noted as Pro+ (or Enterprise) features on RingCentral support docs and blog.
Events Enterprise Custom pricing — contact sales Enterprise capabilities (API access, content hubs/custom domains, unlimited lead-retrieval credits, assisted implementation/onboarding). RingCentral advertises Enterprise and offers a 30-day Enterprise free trial.

Legacy attendee-based (attendee-per-event) plans (marked as “legacy” by RingCentral)

Plan (legacy) Price Key features & notes
RingCentral Events 100 (legacy) $750 per year (example shown by RingCentral press/blog) Legacy attendee-based license for up to 100 attendees per event; unlimited events. RingCentral marketing/press materials and blog reference "starting at $750/year for up to 100 attendees" as the legacy entry price.
RingCentral Events 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 7500, 10000, 20000 (legacy) Contact sales / custom pricing Higher-capacity attendee-per-event annual tiers. RingCentral support/legal pages list these legacy tiers; many are sales-led (contact sales) per RingCentral documentation.

Notes and sources on-site:

  • RingCentral AI Meetings / Webinars & Events pricing details (Events Pro pricing $99/$119) — ringcentral.com/ringvideo.html.
  • RingCentral Events product pages, blog and press release describing the new pay-per-organizer model, plan names (Pro, Pro+, Enterprise), and the legacy attendee-based tiers — ringcentral.com (blog, rc-events, press release) and events-support.ringcentral.com support articles.
  • Support/legal docs indicate Pro+/Enterprise include integrations and SSO; release/legal pages confirm Enterprise trial availability and legacy plan listings.

Seller details

RingCentral, Inc.
Belmont, California, USA
1999
Public
https://www.ringcentral.com/
https://x.com/ringcentral
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ringcentral/

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